A potential free-trade deal between with Singapore may signal that China has stopped warning other countries against doing deals with Taiwan. The Christian Science Monitor May 23, 2011 By Ralph Jennings, Correspondent Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan announced on Monday it is negotiating a free trade agreement with Singapore – a move that will boost the export-reliant...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/05/22 Taipei, May 22 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday that when he took office in 2008, Taiwan’s exports to China was 40 percent of the total, and that figure has increased by only 1 percent over the past three years. The figures show that Taiwan’s export dependence on China has not...
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The China Post October 15, 2010 By Joseph Yeh TAIPEI, Taiwan — Foreign Minister Timothy Yang yesterday said that his ministry has protested against the downgrading of Taiwan’s status on two international bodies — apparently at the behest of Beijing. Local media reported yesterday that Taiwan has been downgraded at the Society for Risk...
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Taipei Times Oct 15, 2010 By Shih Hsiu-chuan  /  Staff Reporter Taiwan and China will not make considerable progress in advancing their relations if China continues to confine Taiwan’s international space, Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang (楊進添) said yesterday as he vowed to make sure the message is received by China. Yang made...
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CNN News October 14, 2010 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Taiwan responded coolly to China’s offer to hold military talks, saying that Beijing should offer to remove its military deployment targeting Taiwan. “This is the widespread and solemn demand by Taiwan people,” its Mainland Affairs Council said in response to the offer...
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